Background & History of Urban Gardening

1. Urban Gardening

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2. Guerrilla Gardening Activists regenerating urban waste/neglected areas sans permission Aesthetics De-toxify soil Grow edibles/medicinal herbs

3. Permanent Agri-culture Founder Bill Mollison (the first guerrilla gardener planting oak trees in peoples lawns and wastelands) Practical, multi-scale sustainable lifestyle & philosophy Conscious design of environment and agricultural productive systems Integration of landscape and people, Working to imitate nature with evolving system Permaculture can be a guiding source in having your guerilla garden “seed”, rather than fail, through creativity, observation and resource management.  Helping the entire guerrilla gardening community at large. With limited resources stretching these resources is a valuable tool. As Guerilla Gardeners we will not have our own yard and therefore it is best to work in zones taken from Permaculture

4. Typical GG problems Guerrilla gardeners often face problemswith pests, soil conditions, water, and sunlight. Permaculture lends itself to these problems by answering questions that may arise. not promoting the use of chemicals, Helping in accomplishing ones ultimate goal creatively while doing as little damage to the eco system as possible.